Cigar-band.



G. LABARRB.' CIGARBAND. APPLICATION FILED DEO.19, 1908.

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` GEORGE LABARRE, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.'

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' Speciieation of Letters Patent.

Patented May '24, 1910.

Application filed December 19, 1908. Serial No. 468,354.

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He it known that I, GEORGE LAEARRE, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented new and useful improvements in -Cigar-Bei-nds, .of which the following is ya specification.

rlhis invention relates to cigar bands, and particularly to means applied to such a band for severing and stripping it from the cigar.

One yobject of the invention is to provide a severing device comprising a thread, string vor its equivalent secured to the band and having a ,projecting portion by which it may be manipulated to rupture the band, and which is arranged upon the band in such a manner as to prevent the -band from being removed intact from the cigar and reused,

`thus protecting the maker of a particular panying drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view of a cigar provided with a ban embodying my invention. Fig.` 2 is a similar view of the cigar with the band "ruptured for removal. Figs. 3 and i are inner face views of bands before application, showing different embodiments of the invention.

y Referring to the drawings 1 designates a band of conventional form comprising a body portion2 and reduced ends 3, which latter are adapted to lbe overlapped and pasted together to apply the band about the cigar. The band may be made of pa er or any other similar flexible material, an may bear any suitable advertising matter appropriate to the particular brand of cigar or to the business of the manufacturer. I do not restrict the invention in these particulars;

The vband stripper .or removing device comprises a thread, strand oi' strip 4 of any suitable exible materiah'such asa length' of cord, cotton or other plaited thread, or

` ya lengthy of fine wire, which is arranged transversely on the inner face of the band,

preferably on the body portion As .shown in Figs. 3 and 4, one end 5 of the stripper is secured by glue` or cement 6to the inner face of-the body port-ion near one sidelthereof, and thence extends across saidv body portion to and beyond its oppsite side, the opposite or free end 7 of the stripper projecting suiiiciently to be readily grasped between the thumb and foreinger, so that the stripper may be manipulated to sever the .body portion transversely and thus rupture.

the band for removal from the cigar.

The secured end 5. of 'stripper threadis.-l

turned back or curved in the orin of a crook or lateral offset which lies von one side ofthe line of cutof the thread. The advantage of this crooked thread -over va straight one is that it will not only sever without tearingA through and becoming detached from the band,Y but remain attached to the band, and remove it entirely from the cigar. In the form' of the invention shown 1n Fig.v 3, a.-

iinger grip ortion 7 is formed by a simple extension ci) the free 4end of the stripper without special construction, while in the form shown in Fig. 4, in which the secured end of the stripper 4a is formed and fastened in the same manner, the free end of said stripper is provided with a knot 'or tasseled grip 7a.

In practice, it will be understood that the band will be fastened around the cigar 8A with the securedk ortion of the stripper lyi Aing between the L ody of the band and the cigar. By this means the stripper will fric-4 tionally engage the wrapper of the cigar and serve to prevent removal of the wrap,- per intact by a sliding movement oifv either end of the cigar, without injury to the cigar,

in the event that the wrapper'should not be Y appliedl suiiciently tight about the cigar. Hence the removal of wrappers from cigars of one brand and .their` application by an unscru ulous dealer. orperson to cigars of an in erior brand will be prevented or Whenvthe band is ,la/

greatly deterred. plied, as shown, the rip portion of `t e the grasped to manipulate the st ture and strip the saine away and so that it may be conveniently ippei' and ruprom the cigar,

as shownin Fig. 2. vAs the band cannot be removed Ain any other manner intact, but must be broken to freel it from the cigar, the value of the stripper attachment to the manufacturers of high grade cigars, in prestiipper will lie against the cigar beyond4 vthe crooked or deflected portion ina-y be formed in various-Ways.

Having thus described my invention what is claimed as new, isz* l. The combination with a cigar, of a band applied thereto and having an enlarged portion, and a linear stripper arranged transversely beneath the enlarged portion of the band and between the same and the cigar, said Stripper extending out of alinenient but parallel With the center of said enlarged portion und having one of its ends band applied thereto, and a stripper having a deflected portion secured to the inner side of the band, between said band and the cigar, and a portion projecting beyond the band.

In testimony whereof I aflix my Signature in presence of two Witnesses. y

n GEORGE LABARRE.

lVitnesses DnLvAlLLE H. TIIARD,

GUS. A. LLAMBIAS. 

